‘It seems like they are playing as we have become accustomed to. They are the most difficult opponent we have faced in the last few years without a doubt...’

‘Unless Seluk apologises to Manchester City first of all, then his teammates and afterwards the trainer... When that happens, Yaya will have the chance to play’

‘We have a chance to make amends, although Cagliari are a strong side so we’ll have to be very focused. We should be raising our concentration levels, not lowering them’

‘They just want Tiger to be on their team. Everybody wants to play with Tiger. Everyone wants to be around Tiger’

‘To see him come out of the game, there was a little relief on our part’

Nico Rosberg drew level with Damon Hill in Formula One’s all-time list of race winners on Sunday and the odds are narrowing on the German matching the Briton again as the only sons of world champions to take the title.

‘I’ve never experienced anything quite like this as a coach in 25 years of head coaching’

British Paralympian Kadeena Cox returns from the Rio 2016 Paralympics at Heathrow airport in London, Great Britain, yesterday. (Reuters)

The prominent anti-doping campaigner David Millar has said the in-competition use of triamcinolone, the drug used by Bradley Wiggins before Tour de France and Giro d’Italia races between 2011 and 2013, should be outlawed.

Match marks start of packed programme of international cricket for India, who host England, Bangladesh, and Australia

Each week in a northern suburb of Rio de Janeiro, a dozen or so girls meet to play handball but are learning far more than how to master the fast-paced game.

After four years of intense scrutiny surrounding a World Cup, a papal visit and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, cariocas can go back to their normal routine with backslaps and relief